Where does “stue” come from?
stue (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish stue, from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.
stue (Norwegian Bokmål): living room; small house; large bedroom in a...
Definitions
- living room; small house; large bedroom in a...
Ancestry of “stue”, step by step
stue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish stue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | stue | living room; room; first floor, ground floor |
| 2 | Old Norse | stofa | room, living room |
| 3 | German | stōve | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *stova | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *stobu | — |
via Middle Low German stuwen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | stuwen | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *stōjaną | to stow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | stoh₂éyeti | to cause to stand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |